:07:03
Don't you ever listen to the words...
:07:06
...in the songs?
:07:08
In these songs?
:07:10
That's not real life.
:07:12
Real life?
:07:15
You tell me what real life is.
:07:17
It's a bowl of dog biscuits.
:07:19
There's nothing wrong with that,
if you're a dog.
:07:24
That's what you want.
You want a goddamn poodle.
:07:28
Not a man. Not a real man!
:07:31
- Don't be silly, Arthur.
- Well, I'll tell you this...
:07:34
...this is one old dog
who ain't coming back to the kennel.
:07:37
What do you mean, Arthur?
:07:38
Three guesses.
:07:41
Arthur?
:07:44
A thousand dollars.
:07:45
What on earth do you want
with $ 1000, Mr. Parker?
:07:49
- I want more capital for my business.
- Selling sheet music?
:07:53
Yeah, songs, on commission.
:07:56
I got a bad territory, see...
:07:58
...East Central Illinois.
God help me.
:08:02
I want to muscle in on Indianapolis
as well, you get me?
:08:05
Yes. With all such large sums of money...
:08:07
...the question of adequate collateral
cannot be evaded.
:08:11
- Pardon?
- Well, you see...
:08:13
...your wife has a deposit account
at this branch.
:08:15
That's hers. That is separate.
Her dad willed her that.
:08:18
- Lf that could be put up as collateral...
- Don't you goddamn understand?
:08:22
Really, Mr. Parker...
:08:24
...that sort of language
won't help one little bit.
:08:27
What will help, then? You tell me.
:08:29
- That's what I've been trying to...
- Without dragging in my wife's cash.
:08:33
Which represents the only chance
of your getting a loan...
:08:36
...of the size of which you are proposing.
:08:38
What about this, then?
This is what you sell things with.
:08:42
It's what's up here that matters.
I know the kind of songs that sell.
:08:46
I got an instinct, and I get 30 percent
of every song sheet I push to the retailer.
:08:50
Nearly.
:08:51
Well, nearly 30 percent of 10 cents.
:08:56
What's the good of setting up
your own business in America today?